ADDED README.md Index: README.md ================================================================== --- README.md +++ README.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +VWS +=== + +VWs stands for "Virtual WorkStation". + +It's main repository, bts and wiki is on [my site](https://wagner.pp.ru/fossil/vws). +See also [manual page](vws.mkd) + + +It is a python script which provides command-line interface to QEMU +virtual machines, which simplifies such tasks as creation, +device redirection doing snapshots and reverting to them. + +It's main features + +- No daemons. No extra processes like libvirtd +- No complicated API like libvirt. +- No XML configs. All configuration of vm is stored in the shell script + which invokes QEMU with appropriate arguments. +- Transparency. If vws doesn't know how to make something, it doesn't + prevent you from interacting with QEMU monitor direcrly or editing + start script by hand. +- Runs as ordinary user. QEMU processes run a invoking user. + **qemu-bridge-helper** is used to setup network +- Virtual machines can be freely copied from one physical machines to + another using ordinary file operations. VM directory with virtual disks + and start script is self-contained. + +